Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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